It happened on this day…January 6th

On this day in 1975 – “Wheel of Fortune” game show premiered on TV.

It happened on this day…January 5th

On this day in 2004 – Following 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he’d bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

It happened on this day…January 4th

On this day in 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.

It happened on this day…January 3rd

On this day in 1938 – The “March of Dimes” campaign to fight polio was organized.

It happened on this day…January 2nd

On this day in 1965 – The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.  How times and salaries have changed!

It happened on this day…December 29th

On this day in 1937 – American actress and comedian Mary Tyler Moore was born…Happy Birthday Mary Tyler Moore!

It happened on this day…December 25th

On this day in 1818 – “Silent Night” was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.

It happened on this day…December 25th

On this day in 336 – The first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25 took place in Rome. Church fathers designated December 25th, the birthday of the popular pagan god Mithras, as Jesus’s official birth date. The celebration of the birth of Christ also took over the pagan winter solstice holiday, which like the birthday of the sun god Mithras, fell in late December. From thereon, December 25 was to be observed at a holy mass, or “Christ’s Mass.”

It happened on this day…December 2nd

On this day in 1980 – Denali National Monument and Mount McKinley National Park were combined and established as Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

It happened on this day…November 17th

On this day in 1913 – The first ship sailed through the Panama Canal.